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Nasa Missions Struggle to Cope with Shutdown
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Nasa Missions Struggle to Cope with Shutdown

All it took was four minutes.

Want to Evade Nsa Spying? Don't Connect to the Internet
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Want to Evade Nsa Spying? Don't Connect to the Internet

Since I started working with Snowden’s documents, I have been using a number of tools to try to stay secure from the NSA.

Eight Hot It Skills For 2014
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Eight Hot It Skills For 2014

While overall demand for IT professionals is expected to remain steady in 2014, there are eight hot IT skills that have the potential to reshape the hiring landscape...

In Digital Era, What Does 'watching Tv' Even Mean?
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In Digital Era, What Does 'watching Tv' Even Mean?

We spend a full five hours and 16 minutes a day in front of a screen, and that's without even turning on a television.

Three Share Nobel Chemistry Prize For Complex Computer Modeling
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Three Share Nobel Chemistry Prize For Complex Computer Modeling

Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, and Arieh Warshel have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their development of powerful computer models used to simulate how...

The Mathematical Shape of Things to Come
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The Mathematical Shape of Things to Come

Simon DeDeo, a research fellow in applied mathematics and complex systems at the Santa Fe Institute, had a problem.

Researchers Split Over NSA Hacking
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Researchers Split Over NSA Hacking

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has upset a great many people this year.

Google in Jeopardy: What If IBM's Watson Dethroned the King of Search?
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Google in Jeopardy: What If IBM's Watson Dethroned the King of Search?

Remember Watson, IBM's Jeopardy! champion?

Gender Barriers, Not Families, to Blame For Shortage of Women in STEM Careers
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Gender Barriers, Not Families, to Blame For Shortage of Women in STEM Careers

A new study examining the factors behind the shortage of women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields finds no evidence that women are opting...

­.S. Ranks Fourth in Internet Freedom as Surveillance Grows Worldwide
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­.S. Ranks Fourth in Internet Freedom as Surveillance Grows Worldwide

Although U.S. Internet freedom has decreased over the past year due to surveillance, the United States still ranks fourth in a recent Freedom House study of 60...

Swarm of Rivals Seeking Share of Social Media Pie
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Swarm of Rivals Seeking Share of Social Media Pie

Twitter, poised to make its splashy entrance on Wall Street, has helped define modern social networking.

How Tom Clancy Changed Video Games
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How Tom Clancy Changed Video Games

The widespread mourning of Tom Clancy's death last week is clear testament to a man who managed to have a significant impact across a range of media.

Your Digital Trail: Does The Fourth Amendment Protect Us?
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Your Digital Trail: Does The Fourth Amendment Protect Us?

Science fiction writers have fantasized for years about the government monitoring everything we do.

The New Digital Playbook For Learning Mandarin Chinese
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The New Digital Playbook For Learning Mandarin Chinese

David Moser, the academic director at CET Beijing Chinese Studies, remembers the bad old days of Mandarin-learning methodology in the 1980s and 1990s.

Fbi: Silk Road Mastermind Couldn't Even Keep Himself Anonymous Online
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Fbi: Silk Road Mastermind Couldn't Even Keep Himself Anonymous Online

What will get you in the end is sloppy opsec.

Texan Creationism Showdown May 'contaminate' Textbook
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Texan Creationism Showdown May 'contaminate' Textbook

If creationists in Texas get their way, high-school students throughout the U.S. could soon be reading biology textbooks that falsely cast doubt on the scientific...

Students Are 'hacking' Their School-Issued Ipads: Good For Them
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Students Are 'hacking' Their School-Issued Ipads: Good For Them

Almost immediately after receiving their new school-issued iPads this fall, students in Indiana and in California (and probably elsewhere) managed to bypass the...

Researchers to Build Wildfire Cyberinfrastructure
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Researchers to Build Wildfire Cyberinfrastructure

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have received a U.S. National Science Foundation grant to build an cyberinfrastructure to perform real-time...

First Research Network for Female Scientists Launched
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First Research Network for Female Scientists Launched

Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, Fermilab, Argonne National Laboratory, and Elsevier have collaborated to create an online networking forum...

Scientists Must Spearhead Ethical ­se of Big Data
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Scientists Must Spearhead Ethical ­se of Big Data

The recent revelation that the National Security Agency collects the personal data of United States citizens, allies and enemies alike has broken the traditional...
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